GameFront - Duke Nukem Forever and Jim Rednerís Balls of Squeal.The really contentious part of Rednerís argument, however, is the fact that developers should be let off the hook because they ďpoured thousands of irreplaceable hoursĒ into a game. This is an argument that Iíve seen many times before, that a reviewer needs to consider the feelings of the people who made it. Iíd say thatís the last thing a reviewer needs to think about when assessing a game. Like it or not, a reviewer isnít there to protect developers from feeling sad. This is not pre-school, where everybody gets a star and no child is left behind. This is the realm of business conducted by adults, and if youíre going to turn on the waterworks when your game is trashed, you should not be in an industry where art is produced for public consumption. Itís simply not the place for little princesses made of eggshells.

Joystick Division - Marketing Campaigns Are Doomsday Machines. Thanks Digg.Duke Nukem Forever is the brightest, recent example of this horribly hilarious phenomenon, but it was preceded by two other first person shooters which enticed us to waste our money this year: Homefront and Brink. Together they form a Trifecta of Terrible. Behold the power of the marketing machine, and tremble.

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Funny - I don't remember gamers (or game reviewers) harassing 3d Realms or Apogee for being "shitty people" in 1996 when the original came out. We all laughed at non-gamers with thin skins who did that.

How times have changed

1) Indeed, times have changed. That's what times do. In 1967 interracial marriage was illegal in Virginia. Man, times sure have changed. Oh yeah, until 1979 Virginia we were sterilizing women we thought had mental issues.